The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-06-30
MRS. MARY READE GooDALE.


visit our loved Virginia during next.month
for the purpose of organizing Women's
Christian Temperance Unions. She will
come at the earnest solicitation OF repre-
sentative Virginia women from different
sections of our Old Domion. She is q ma
tive of Louisiana, and the wife Of William
II. Goodale, Esq, a prominent lawyer of
Baton Rouge. Alabama, and a lay delegate
10 the General Conference, Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, which held its
session in Richmond, Va, May. 1856.
She was the fraternal delegate from the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and presented paper from that
body in regard to the temperance cause. II
was kindly received and heartily endorsed
by that distinguished body.
Will not the consecrated Christian w0-
men, who wish to aid the temperance cause
in Virginia, give to our honored Mrs
Goodale their hearty sympathy and co
operation?
From Rev. w. S. Black, D. D., in New orleans
Christian Advocated
Mrs. Mary Reade Goodale gave two ad
dresses that were superb. They were
learned without pedantry, logical without
Stiffness and ornate without meretricious
linery of speech. And Mrs. Goodale is
withal avery pleasing speaker. A liae face,
a countenance that bespeaks d candid,
honest soul within, a perfect ease and self
possession of manner, voice soft and
sweet and yet strong enough to fill any
auditorium, q thorough mastery of the
principles of the elocutionist' S art, an in
tense, flaming zeal in that noble cause
which battles 6 for God and home and Ma
/ tive land these qualifications make Mrs.
Goodale, woman though she is. a foe to be
dreaded by the hosts Of Bacohus. She is
the Frances Willard Of the South. She
has already dealt the rum traffic terrible,
crushing blows in North Louisiana
Through her instrumentality unions have
been formed which have swept the helish
traffic from whole parishes. As look upon
such noble women | have d more exalted
estimate of our fallen humanity TO do
the work which she is doing requires in
the first place vast amount Of arduOus
| toll to acquire fitness for the work re-
quires long absences from home requires
the worry and manifold inconvenlences OF
constant travel requires q hundred things
! shat are not pleasing to a modest, refined,
home. loving woman as Mrs. Goodale. Yet
all this she is willing 20 endure in order to
cavn Tho conc Of man from u 6rtp1-ar,l- q
grave and drunkard S hell. Ali honor TO
such noble, self-denying, cross bearing,
God fearing, hnmanity-loving Women
They will never be appreciated at theil
true worth until God comes to "gather up
| his Jewels If ever my soul has burned
with holy Indignation it has been when |
/ have heard men den0unce and ridicule
these heroic women ''of whom the world
is not worthy | as much believe these
Women's Christian Temperance Union
women are divinely called to the work they
il e doing rs that am called to C minister
| in holy things And not alone do honor
the>,, leaders of the hosts of reform |
honor the rank and Gle rs we'll. Not all
San be leaders. Not all have speaking and
organizing talent. Not all can be spared
from the home circle for distant journeys.
Yet those whose labors are more circum-
scribed manifest the same spirit of conse-
Grafton that characterizes their more wide
ly known colaborers.
In great variety of ways the Christian
Womanhood of this land is working, work
ing persstentlY, energetically, heroically
to Danish from our heaven favored land
this vile traffic in human damnaton. /
thank God that live in this age when in
fullillment OF ancient prophecy lie has
poured out his spirit upon his ''hand
maidens - and emboldened them to take
their stand in the forefront of this warfare
between heaven and hell. Naught but the
spirit of God could have put woman there.
aud naught but that spirit could hold her
there. None but the Searoher Of all hearts
can measure the true heroism, and self
abnegation, the soaring faith, the fervent
piety and the pure philanthropy that are
embodied in the Woman Christian Tenn
ance Union.-Publ5shed by the w. @. z. "
of Lynchbarg.